Nichoals — boys' name
74 babies named Nichoals in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Nichoals was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Nichoals in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nichoals
The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Nichoals between 1983 and 2004, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nichoals currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nichoals performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nichoals shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nichoals in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nichoals in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 74 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Nichoals at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Nichoals popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1983
- Peak year (1995)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
74 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 19 births in a single year.
Nichoals by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 38 births that decade — 51% of Nichoals's all-time total
Nichoals decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Nichoals's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Nichoals by state
Where Nichoals concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 16 | 21.6% |
16 of 74 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 21.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 21.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.